Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. told to brace for heat wave as forecast shows 40 degrees C for Kamloops
VICTORIA - An Environment Canada meteorologist says British Columbians should brace for an upcoming heat wave that's expected to send temperatures into the high 30s and beyond in the southern Interior...
Jul 03, 2024
B.C. municipalities get $1.6 billion in federal infrastructure funds over five years
VICTORIA - Three levels of government say they've finalized a deal that will provide more than $1.6 billion in federal funding over the next five years to communities in British Columbia, to build and...
Jul 03, 2024
B.C. ranch-owning pilot dead, two passengers injured in private helicopter crash
INVERMERE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police in southeastern British Columbia say a ranch owner is dead after the helicopter they were piloting crashed on Tuesday evening. Columbia Valley RCMP say they got th...
Jul 03, 2024
Suspect's pants catch fire in arson attempt gone wrong: B.C. RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're looking for a man whose pants caught fire in an alleged arson attempt that went wrong. Richmond RCMP shared a photo showing two men, one on the g...
Jul 03, 2024
Vancouver home sales fall 19 per cent in June as inventory continues to build: board
VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver's real estate board says the number of homes sold in June tumbled 19.1 per cent from the previous year as inventory continued accumulating to levels not seen since the sp...
Jul 03, 2024
CBC broadcaster Rick Cluff, ex-host of Vancouver's The Early Edition, dead at 74
VANCOUVER - Former CBC radio journalist and personality Rick Cluff, who was the longtime host of The Early Edition morning show in Vancouver, has died at the age of 74. The public broadcaster says Clu...
Jul 02, 2024
Jewish teachers file antisemitism complaint against B.C. Teachers' Federation: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver labour lawyer says a group of British Columbia teachers has launched a human rights complaint against their union, saying the BC Teachers' Federation "has engaged in and enable...
Jul 02, 2024
Van driver hurt after road-rage shooting at Richmond, B.C., intersection: RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Richmond, B.C., are seeking witnesses to a "reckless and brazen" road-rage incident in which a car passenger pulled out a gun and shot at a van driver at an intersection. Ri...
Jul 02, 2024
Sixteen-year-old girl dies after fentanyl overdose in Prince George, B.C.: RCMP
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police in Prince George, B.C., say a 16-year old girl who was taken to hospital last week after a drug overdose has died. Prince George RCMP's Serious Crime Unit is investigating...
Jul 02, 2024
FortisBC says all customers now see renewable natural gas on utility bills
SURREY, B.C. - FortisBC says it has become the first utility in North America to automatically designate a portion of their residential customers' natural gas use to RNG, or renewable natural gas. The...
Jul 02, 2024